Transcript Released: Rep. Byron Donalds Appears on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Aug. 23, 2026

CBS News published a transcript of Rep. Byron Donalds’s interview on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired Aug. 23, 2026. The transcript provides a question-and-answer record of Donalds’s statements during the program, with Brennan posing follow-up questions across multiple policy and political topics.

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